TPI took last weekend off and you have my sincerest apologies. On a rather humorous note, the Red Sox have tried to trade the Lance Armstrong of the Baseball World (Mike Lowell) to the Texas Rangers and would look to replace him with….drumroll….Adrian Beltre. I am not a general manager, though I do manage several [...]
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No more baseball. Thank goodness for football, because I think I’d go out the window if I had only hockey and basketball for sustenance once the world series is over. Defenestration. I think that’s what it’s called. I must not be alone in thinking that either. Going out the window, that is. Imagine it happened [...]
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The Houston Astros continued to have the Phillies number last night in Philly, beating Hamels and the Phils 8-2. Miguel Tejada went 4-5 with three runs and an RBI, CarlosLee added tow hits, two runs and an RBI and even former Met Jeff Keppinger got into things going 3-5 with two RBI on the day. [...]
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Entering our final week of the season and recaps..here we go
Joe Blanton helped the Phillies finally cut some games off their magic number yesterday as he helped them win in Milwaukee 6-5. Blanton(12-7) did not have one of his best games of the year, but went 5.2 innings and allowed seven hits and five runs [...]
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Jimmy Rollins had one of many hits in the fifth inning in Milwaukee last night, a three run home run on way to a 9-4 route of the Brewers. Rookie J.A. Happ(11-4) notched his 11th win and went 5.2 innings allowing only two runs on six hits to tie for the National League win victory [...]
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Welcome to another edition of Chatter Up! here at NLEC. This week will match up Mark P Centerfield Gate against Matt Smith of Phillies Phandom. Enjoy!
MrNorthJersey(NLEC): Do you want and expect Willingham back in a Nationals uniform in 2010?
Mark P(CFG): There was talk of trading Willingham all season, but it never happened — [...]
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Game 1
In the first game of a double dip yesterday, Kyle Kendrick made a spot start for the Phillies and looked great. Kendrick(1-1) went 7.1 innings and only allowed seven hits and two earned runs, both on an Anderson Hernandez two run shot in the eighth. He was supported by a Ben Francisco homer and [...]
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Last night the Washington Nationals actually got a victory against the Philadelphia Phillies. After being down 2-0 early, they exploded with eight runs from the 3rd to fifth inning with a rookie doing most of the damage. Rookie Ian Desmond had an RBI double in the fourth and followed that up with a three run [...]
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Cole Hamels pitched his second straight great game, the only difference was this time, he didn’t let the bullpen ruin it for him. Hamels(8-8) went the distance in a 1-0 win versus the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday night while only allowing three baserunners on two hits and one walk and using 118 pitches. The [...]
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Andrew McCutchen had said he wanted to make amends for a play in the top of the ninth inning that allowed the Phillies to take the lead in the game. He was able to do that, as he hit a two run home run off Phillies closer Brad Lidge to win the game for the [...]
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